Apr. 11, 1788
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Apr. 13, 1788
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1:00 pm Fresh Gale and a Great Sea from the WNW with heavy Squalls. Obliged to keep all hands attending the Sails.
4:00 pm In 3rd Reef Main Topsail. Caught an Albatross with hook & line by jigging him as before described on the 5th Instant.
8:00 pm Strong Gales and Cloudy with some Rain.
11:00 pm The Gale much encreased and the Sea very high. Obliged to hand both the Topsails.
6:00 am Saw a Mother Careys Chicken and 2 Seals.
8:00 am A little more Moderate, set the Main Topsail close Reefed, and soon after the Fore Topsail.
10:00 am Filled 5 Empty Butts with Salt Water.
11:00 am More Moderate out 3rd Reef Main Topsail.
12:00 pm
Wore Ship.
Fresh Gales
and open Cloudy Weather. Under
Reef
Courses, Double
Reef Main & triple
Reefed Fore Topsail.
Albatrosses of different kinds, Peterels, Port Egmont Hens & Pintada Birds.
Being these some days past to the Westward of the Continent it became absolutely necessary to attend to my Northing as well as Westing and particularly as the Wind keeps in the direction it is in. I therefore determined to Stand to the Northward, the Weather being Mild and fortelling a Shift to that quarter.
The Ship feeling a little Want of Weight forward we began to fill Salt Water and the Wind towards Noon backing to the Westward we Wore Ship and the Weather had the Appearance of Moderating.
The Sun showing itself at times enabled me to get some good Observations for the Time Keeper and got a good Observation at Noon for the Latitude, but the Sea still keeps very high from the W.N.W.
We are Obliged now to pump the Ship every hour, for from the constant Gales and high Sea nothing can stand it, and she now begins to be a little leaky.
I now Ordered my Cabbin to be appropriated at Nights to the Use of those poor fellows who had Wet Births, by which means it not only gave more room between Decks, but rendered those happy who had not dry beds to sleep in.
Apr. 11, 1788
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